Heterochelus

{{Short description|Genus beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Heterochelus | authority = Burmeister, 1844 | type_species = | type_species_authority = | synonyms = *''Ischnochelus'' Burmeister, 1844 }}

'''''Heterochelus''''' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id867885/ BioLib]</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Heterochelus'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4WB5|website= World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR).|location= Amsterdam, Netherlands|publisher= Catalogue of Life Foundation|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref>

== Species == {{Div col}} *''Heterochelus adspersus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus albosetosus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus alienus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus amabilis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus analis'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus anomalus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus armatus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus armipes'' (Boheman, 1857) *''Heterochelus arthriticus'' (Fabricius, 1781) *''Heterochelus aurantiacus'' (Billberg, 1820) *''Heterochelus auricollis'' Burmeister, 1855 *''Heterochelus baini'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus barkeri'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus bicolor'' Dombrow, 2001 *''Heterochelus bidentatus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus bimaculatus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus bimucronatus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus binotatus'' (Thunberg, 1818) *''Heterochelus bisignatus'' Blanchard, 1850 *''Heterochelus bivittatus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus blandulus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus braunsi'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus brincki'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus burmeisteri'' Dalla Torre, 1913 *''Heterochelus capicola'' (Fabricius, 1781) *''Heterochelus carus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus centralis'' Schein, 1959 *''Heterochelus chiragricus'' (Thunberg, 1818) *''Heterochelus citrinus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus coccineus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus comosus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus concinnus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus connatus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus consanguineus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus consors'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus controversus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus cristaticeps'' Péringuey, 1908 *''Heterochelus croceipennis'' (Fairmaire, 1887) *''Heterochelus defector'' Péringuey, 1908 *''Heterochelus delkeskampi'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus denticeps'' (Wiedemann, 1821) *''Heterochelus detritus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus dissidens'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus ditus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus diversus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus egens'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus egenus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus elegans'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus escourtianus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus exactor'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus fallaciosus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus femoralis'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus festivus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus flavus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus forcipatus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus formosus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus forsteri'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus fraternus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus fraudulentus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus freudei'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus freyi'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus furoninus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus gifensis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus gonager'' (Fabricius, 1781) *''Heterochelus gracilis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus guillarmodi'' Schein, 1959 *''Heterochelus hayeki'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus hessei'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus humeralis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus hybridus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus ictericus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus incongruens'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus indigens'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus inornatus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus insignis'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus jucundulus'' Péringuey, 1908 *''Heterochelus junodi'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus karrooanus'' Péringuey, 1908 *''Heterochelus kochi'' (Schein, 1958) *''Heterochelus latus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus leoninus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus lituratus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus longicollis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus lugens'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus lydenburgensis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus maculatus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus manowanus'' Moser, 1918 *''Heterochelus mimus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus miserabilis'' Blanchard, 1850 *''Heterochelus molestus'' Péringuey, 1908 *''Heterochelus mucronatus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus multidentatus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus murinus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus namibensis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus natalensis'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus nigrobtusus'' Dombrow, 2001 *''Heterochelus nubilus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus nudus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus obfuscatus'' Dombrow, 2001 *''Heterochelus ochraceus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus omissus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus optivus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus oreopygus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus ovamboensis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus pachyglutus'' (Wiedemann, 1823) *''Heterochelus pachymerus'' (Wiedemann, 1821) *''Heterochelus parapygidialis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus parilis'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus pavidus'' Péringuey, 1908 *''Heterochelus pentheri'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus persimilis'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus pickeri'' Dombrow, 1997 *''Heterochelus placatus'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus podagricus'' (Fabricius, 1781) *''Heterochelus poweri'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus promontorii'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus pseudopygidialis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus pulverosus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus pygidialis'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus quadratus'' (Wiedemann, 1823) *''Heterochelus rudebecki'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus rufimanus'' (Laporte, 1840) *''Heterochelus saldanhensis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus scheini'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus senex'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus senilis'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus serripes'' Blanchard, 1850 *''Heterochelus sexlineatus'' (Thunberg, 1818) *''Heterochelus shilouvanus'' Péringuey, 1908 *''Heterochelus similis'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus simulans'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus simulator'' Péringuey, 1908 *''Heterochelus sobrinus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus soricinus'' Blanchard, 1850 *''Heterochelus spretus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus striatus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus stuckenbergi'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus subpilosus'' (Nonfried, 1891) *''Heterochelus subvittatus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus sulphureus'' Boheman, 1857 *''Heterochelus suspectus'' (Boheman, 1860) *''Heterochelus swierstrai'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus tridens'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus tristis'' Péringuey, 1902 *''Heterochelus turneri'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus unguiculatus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus unicolor'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus vansoni'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus viridicollis'' Blanchard, 1850 *''Heterochelus vitreus'' Kulzer, 1960 *''Heterochelus vittiferus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus vulpecula'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus vulpinus'' Burmeister, 1844 *''Heterochelus zumpti'' Kulzer, 1960 {{Div col end}}

== Selected former species == *''Heterochelus griseus'' Péringuey, 1908 *''Heterochelus minutus'' Burmeister, 1844

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Heterochelus Category:Monkey beetles Category:Scarabaeidae genera Category:Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister